Job Description
'Join our people team. Help Us Create a Fair, Supportive Workplace Where Everyone Can Thrive.'
At SeeAbility, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live, love, thrive and belong. As a people-focused charity supporting individuals with learning disabilities, autism and sight loss, our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do.
We're looking for an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join our People Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident HR professional with a strong employee relations background who is passionate about supporting managers, resolving complex people matters and helping to create an inclusive, high-performing culture.
About the Role
As our ER Specialist, you'll be the key contact for employee relations matters across the charity, providing expert, pragmatic and legally compliant advice to managers and leaders. You'll manage a varied caseload of complex employee relations cases, support organisational change activities, conduct investigations and help develop management capability across the organisation.
Working closely with the People Partnering and Insights Manager and wider People Team, you'll play an important role in ensuring fair, consistent and positive colleague experiences while supporting organisational objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for employee relations advice and case management.
- Manage a broad range of employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence cases.
- Conduct investigations, interviews and prepare comprehensive investigation reports.
- Support managers to resolve people issues informally and proactively where appropriate.
- Facilitate mediation discussions and support conflict resolution.
- Provide coaching and guidance to managers to strengthen people management capability.
- Support organisational change initiatives, consultations and restructures.
- Analyse people data and trends to identify risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.
- Contribute to the development of an inclusive, supportive and high-performing workplace culture.
About You
You'll be an experienced employee relations professional who enjoys building strong relationships and providing practical solutions to complex people challenges.
You'll bring:
- Proven experience in an Employee Relations Specialist or similar HR role.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and its practical application.
- Experience independently managing complex employee relations casework.
- Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to coach and support managers with confidence and credibility.
- Sound judgement and the ability to make balanced, fair and risk-aware decisions.
- Strong organisation and prioritisation skills.
- Experience analysing data and using insights to support decision-making.
- A commitment to diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and creating positive workplace experiences.
- Experience supporting organisational change programmes.
- Confidence using HR systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
What you'll earn (you won't find "competitive salary” written instead of a figure on our watch!)
£40,000
What you'll receive in return (Benefits)
We don’t just offer jobs — we build careers and celebrate people.
Your Work-Life Balance
• 33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays)
• Life events leave – time off when it matters most
• Buy or sell annual leave
• Enhanced Family-Friendly Pay + Paid Fertility Leave
• Carers Leave
Your Money Goes Further
• £250 monthly bonus draw – two lucky winners every month
• Blue Light Card + retail discounts & cashback
• Access to Tickets for Good
• Pay reviews + competitive rates
• Pension scheme with tools to plan your future
• Paid DBS & renewals
• Season ticket loans
• Advance Pay & Savings via Stream
Your Wellbeing Counts
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life assurance – 2x annual salary
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Discounted gym membership
• In-house Wellbeing Coach
CIPD Requirement
Closing Date
At SeeAbility, we specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities or autism, who may also have sight loss. Through our support, people live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible, whether that's forming more friendships and relationships, enjoying new experiences and activities or finding employment.
We encourage people with disabilities to challenge what they expect from life, from themselves and from wider society.
The people we support overcome huge barriers to achieve exciting new things every day - they challenge us all to think about what’s possible and to rethink disability.
Our self-advocacy, influencing and supported employment programmes mean more people with disabilities can achieve their ambitions, while challenging assumptions, attitudes and policies.
We also campaign for better eye care for people with learning disabilities, who are ten times more likely to have sight loss. In 2023, we successfully convinced the NHS to provide sight tests in all special schools so the next generation can get the eye care they need. We also work with adults to provide information, advice and to build local pathways so people can find accessible sight tests at their own opticians.
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK and has pioneered specialist support for over 225 years.